PM79 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) I headed out this morning at 6am and made my way down to Bundeena for the first time for a soft plastics session along off the edge of the flats and after driving through the Royal Notional Park with some %%%%% up my backside the entire time I finally made iy to my destination. I had planned to march straight to the flats but I decided to work Simpsons Bay while heading to the flats and 5 minutes in something slammed my flick bait hard right in front of me in a gutter and the drag went crazy, then with a big splash at the surface it threw the hook and it was over. I kept casting out hoping to pick it up again to no avail. I have no idea what it was, but it went mighty fast before it threw the hook. I kept working Simpsons Bay knowing I had an hour before the break between the tides and managed a few more hits which convinced me to scale my hook size down, I was using a #2/0, but whatever was out there just wouldn't get on. By the time I made it to the flats I'd missed the break between the tides and the tide was starting to come in. I worked the channel for a while before the water started to get a bit deep for my liking, starring down into the dark waters a foot right in front of me always freaks me out. The wind and water had picked up a bit making casting a pain, so I changed over to a worm and worked the shallow channels that break through the flats and managed to pick up a few under size whiting. There was a few easily legal whiting roaming around and no matter what I threw at them they just were interested, if my back and feet weren't killing me I would have grabbed my pump and thrown some nippers at them. With the flats starting to cover with water and my lack of knowledge of the area I decided to call it a day instead of taking a chance and having to wade through deeper water to make it back to the spit. I absolutely have to take the boat out there, I could see lots of nice places to hit up. I didn't like the drive into Bundeena, but I won't let that discourage me from returning. Edited December 17, 2011 by reLapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM79 Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) I just want to know what hit me early on in the session. Whatever it was it was fast and it peeled a decent amount of line before it threw me. Oh and to make matters worse someone came right past me in a kayak, trolling, between casts and they picked up a very nice lizard right were I had been working my lure. Edited December 17, 2011 by reLapse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onearmedfisho Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Nice report mate, my guess... a good decent lizzy for sure!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM79 Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 It didn't act like a lizard, maybe it was just angry. Next session will be in the boat, hopefully, and I think I'll head to North Harbour and invade Squidward's territoty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prawn* Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I just want to know what hit me early on in the session. Whatever it was it was fast and it peeled a decent amount of line before it threw me. Oh and to make matters worse someone came right past me in a kayak, trolling, between casts and they picked up a very nice lizard right were I had been working my lure. proly a rat king i was squiding around bundeena last week and had a school of kings come under the boat would of been atleast 50 of them in 3m of water... no wonder the squid were playing hard to get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM79 Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 proly a rat king i was squiding around bundeena last week and had a school of kings come under the boat would of been atleast 50 of them in 3m of water... no wonder the squid were playing hard to get If it was a rat king it just makes me even more angry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safboi Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 top report reLapse, i've been through that drive in the rnp quite a few times, never liked it much with the blind corners and the steep ledges still yet to venture further and look for a good spot in that area don't know how many times that has happened to me you think everything's under control and then it isn't lol at least it gives us an excuse to come back and hit up our spots again hopefully you get whatever got away Cheers, Saf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuttynatty Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 reLapse I to was down there all yesterday, saw you having a flick. Me and a mate pumpes nippers and pulled 6 x 45cm whitting plus a heap of undersized whitting, 5 x 35cm flatties, 1 x 44cm Trevalley and a some undersized bream. I find fishing the area as the tides drops is always best. Great spot for Whitting althought there are a fair few small whitting roaming the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM79 Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 I wish I'd had the energy to pump some nippers, I knew they'd do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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